Smoking pipe



Ap 15, 1952 I R G. SANSOM 2,592,957

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V 1 WM Patented Apr. 15, 1952 UNITED" STATES PATENT series SMOKING PIPE Robert G. Sansom, Okolona, Miss.

Application December 16, 1947, Serial No. 791,985

3 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in pipes and more particularly this invention relates to an improvement on my Patent No. 1,925,936, dated September 5, 1933. The primary object of the present invention is to provide a pipe including novel and improved means for directing a passage of smoke therethrough to assure a cool smoke to the user.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a smokers pipe including novel and improved means for receiving spittle to prevent the same from interfering with the cool passage of smoke through the pipe or to harmfully affect the tobacco in the pipe bowl.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a smokers pipe, the elements of which are quickly and readily disassembled for cleaning or repair of parts.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a smokers pipe that is simple and practical in construction, strong and reliable in use, neat and attractive in appearance, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a pipe constructed in accordance with the present in vention, and with parts thereof broken away and shown in section for convenience of explanation;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the smoke directing apparatus used in conjunction with the present invention and showing the same removed from the present pipe;

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal vertical sectional view of Figure 2 and showing the mouthpiece applied thereto; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse vertical sectional view taken substantially on the plane of section line 4 4 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein, for the purpose of illustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the numeral l represents a pipe bowl having a tobacco chamber 12 and an outwardly projecting integral stem or neck l4 that is provided with a chamber 46. A passage l8 leading from the tobacco chamber l2 communicates with chamber l6. Frictionally engaging the outer terminal of the stem 14 is the reduced end of a mouthpiece 20, provided with an annular shoulder" 22 against which the outer terminal of the stem 14 bears, to provide a smooth outer peripheral. juncture of the mouthpiece with the stem.

A recess 24 is provided in the inner end of the mouthpiece and communicates at one end with. the chamber I6, and at its opposite end with a longitudinal smoke passage or bore 26 provided in the mouthpiece.

The numeral 28 represents the present smoke directing attachment for the mouthpiece generally. This attachment more specifically comprises a longitudinal tubular conduit 38, one terminal of which frictionally engages a bore or recess 32 about the passage 26. This conduit is provided with an externally threaded portion 34 that receivably engages the internally threaded end 36 of a cylindrical sleeve 38 that embraces the conduit 30 and whose inner periphery is spaced from the outer periphery of the conduit 30. It should be noted that the end 36 of the sleeve 38 frictionally engages a further bore or recess 40 provided about the bore 32, and also that the inner terminal of the sleeve 33 terminates adjacent the inner terminal of conduit 32.

Preferably integrally formed with the sleeve 38 is a tubular member 42 comprising a spittle chamber. One end of this member 42 is disposed adjacent the end 36 of the sleeve 38 and the other end of the tubular member 42 terminates at substantially the center of sleeve 38 with an externally threaded portion 44.

Receivably engaging threads 44 is the internally threaded terminal 46 of a cylindrical closure 48, the closed end of which is spaced relative to the inner terminal of the sleeve 38 and conduit 30, to provide a supply chamber to for the conduit.

Smoke ports 52 are provided in the sleeve 38 adjacent the member 42, and these ports 52 communicate with the recess 24.

In practical use. of the device, smoke is drawn from the tobacco chamber through passage I8 and into the chamber It. From chamber [6, the smoke is drawn through ports 52 into the sleeve 38, between the conduit 30 and the sleeve 38. The smoke then enters the supply chamber 50 Where it passes through the conduit 30, passage 26, and hence into the smokers mouth. Should any moisture from the smokers mouth enter the chamber '50 from the conduit 30, the same may pass into the spittle chamber 42, thus assuring a cool smoke, due to the length of travel of the smoke from the tobacco chamber to the smokers mouth. and also preventing moisture or spittle.

from the smokers mouth from entering the tobacco chamber to affect the tobacco in the pipe bowl.

The left portion of the sleeve 38, as shown in Figure 3, is spaced from the tubular conduit 30 to provide a smoke passage between these two elements, and the left hand portion of the sleeve 38 is also spaced from the inner walls of the closure 48 and the inner walls of the tubular member 42 to provide a chamber for receiving spittle.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, it is believed that a clear understanding of the device will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described and within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the claimed as new is:

1. A smoke directing attachment for the mouthpiece of a pipe, said attachment comprising an elongated tubular conduit having first and second end portions, external threads on said conduit adjacent the first end portion of said conduit, a sleeve embracing the conduit and having first and second end portions, the first end portion of said sleeve being internally threaded and receivably engaging the external threads on said conduit, the second end portion of said sleeve terminating adjacent the second end portion of said conduit, a tubular member embracing the sleeve and having one end fixed to the sleeve adjacent the first end portion of said sleeve, said tubular member being of a length so as to extend between the first and second end portions of said sleeve, said sleeve having smoke ports therein between the fixed end of said'tubular member and the first end portion of the sleeve, and a closure cap threaded on said tubular member and embracing the second end portion of said conduit and the second end portion of said sleeve.

2, In a smokers pipe including a bowl with a invention, what neck extending therefrom, and a mouth-piece .u

carried by the neck; a smoke directing attachment comprising a tubular conduit having first and second end portions, the first end portion of said conduit being supported solely by said mouth-piece, external threads on said conduit adjacent the first end portion of said conduit, a sleeve embracing the conduit and having an internally threaded end portion receivably engaging the external threads on said conduit; a tubular supporting member embracing said sleeve and having one end fixed to said sleeve, said sleeve having ports therein adjacent its internally threaded end portion, and a closure cap threaded to said tubular supporting member and embracing the second end portion of said conduit and one end of said sleeve, the sleeve being spaced from the conduit to define a smoke passage, the tubular supporting member being spaced from the sleeve to provide a spittle chamber.

3. A smoking pipe comprising a bowl having a neck projecting laterally therefrom, a mouthpiece carried by said neck and having an axial bore therein, a stepped socket in one end of said mouth-piece including a first recess, a second recess and an intermediate recess disposed between said first and second recesses, a tubular conduit having first and second end portions, the first end portion of said conduit being frictionally fitted into said first recess, external threads on said conduit adjacent the first end portion of said conduit, a sleeve embracing said conduit and having first and second end portions, the first end portion of said sleeve being internally threaded and receivably engaging the external threads on said conduit, the first end portion of said sleeve being frictionally fitted into said intermediate recess, a tubular member embracing said sleeve and having first and second end portions, the first end portion of said tubular member being fixed to said sleeve adjacent the first end portion of said sleeve and disposed within the second recess, the first end portion of said tubular member being spaced from' the inner Walls of said second recess to provide a smoke passage, said sleeve having ports therein adjacent the first end portion of said tubular member, the outer periphery of said conduit being spaced from the inner periphery of said sleeve to provide a further smoke passage, and an elongated cylindrical closure having an open end threaded to the second end portion of said tubular member, said closure embracing the second end portion of said sleeve and the second end portion of said conduit, said closure and said tubular member being spaced from the outer periphery of said sleeve to provide a spittle receiving chamber, said neck having a longitudinally extending chamber therein, the inner walls of said longitudinally extending chamber being spaced from the outer periphery of-said closure.

ROBERT G. SANSOM.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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